[PDF] Top 20 Workplace physical activity interventions: a systematic review

... this review the evidence of the effectiveness of stair walking interventions was limited and intervention effects were short-lived (Marshall et ...that workplace walking interventions using ... See full document

... PA interventions with multiple outcomes (and not a drug trial) we used a broad search strategy and covered 5 different databases to obtain a synthesis of all the relevant literature for practical understanding and ... See full document

... ceived exertion or >100 steps per minute [25,41-44]. Mea- sures of time (e.g. minutes per day) spent engaging in MVPA and where possible, a measure of variance around this outcome (e.g. standard error, 95% confidence ... See full document

... specific physical activity interventions for the life-course stages: peri-conception and ...prevention interventions might gain a great deal from targeting pre-conception and pregnancy, and ... See full document

... our review, all 4 studies reporting class PA breaks found positive outcomes for MVPA or PA, but the risk of bias (quality and/or sample size) led to a limited-evidence ... See full document

... brief interventions differ mainly in terms of the quality of evidence used, structure and outcome ...of interventions in economic modelling using a systematic review and meta-analysis of RCTs ... See full document

... between physical activity and healthy ageing. Regarding physical activity and exercise, both terms were included in our research, since even if they describe different concepts, they are often ... See full document

... Physical activity may affect alcohol and/or substance use through various psychological mechanisms, such as an acute reduction in cravings and urges, an increase in positive affect, and a chronic ... See full document

... level interventions are investigated for cost-e ff ectiveness more ...level interventions, these studies are more likely to be based on widely accepted study designs, in particular randomized-controlled ... See full document

... Our review provides initial evidence, derived from examining the findings of intervention trials, that integrating standing desks in schools has the potential to reduce sitting time and increase standing time ... See full document

... related physical activity and that there was no conclusive transfer to leisure time physical activity ...related physical activity, interventions in a school setting can ... See full document

... promoting physical activity than already active adults [53, ...promoting physical activity than healthy adults because of perceived barriers to exercise, ... See full document

... seven physical interventions that were not continuously adapted to the patient’s capabilities showed positive results on physical performance mea- ...Additional physical activity by ... See full document

... This review utilised a definition of SMIs based on that of Murta et ...on interventions with an individual component (i.e. secondary interventions) that involved face to face contact with a ...the ... See full document

... classroom-based physical activity on children’s phys- ical activity levels [25, 27, 28, 35, 36, 45, 47, 52, 58, 60, ...classroom-based physical activity did not affect phys- ical ... See full document

... According to the socio-ecological model, children inter- act with others in their most immediate learning and de- velopment environment. This approach identifies the family as the most influential and proximal system. It ... See full document

... this review is sur- prising considering the widespread public health policy focus on inequality [27, 51, ...of interventions that effect- ively reduce health ... See full document

... achieve a participant sample with more representative demographic characteristics than passive approaches (ie, prompt potential participants to identify them- selves) not targeting specific demographics. This finding is ... See full document

... interventions using a natural experimental approach have been evaluated. Previous studies were reviewed to investigate what methods and measures have been used, what interventions were successful or ... See full document

... Although physical education (PE) offers children and adolescents an opportunity to be physically active [1], decreased levels of PA in PE have been observed, accom- panied by lower physical fitness levels ... See full document